$$$$ when they lead with money they don't want to talk about IF it is right

[underpants]

Partial headline on Fox News
Extending Federal Benefits to Same-Sex Couples...

Hmmm wonder if they lead with the money


Extending Federal Benefits to Same-Sex Couples Will Cost $898M, CBO Says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/extending-federal-benefits-sex-couples-cost-m-cbo-says/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fpolitics+%2528FOXNews.com+-+Politics%2529

The 2004 report was written at the request of then-Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, an opponent of same sex marriage.

This year's legislation, sponsored by Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., an openly gay lawmaker, and with 138 cosponsors, would allow for homosexual partners of federal employees to receive the same benefits as married spouses, which include health insurance, survivor annuities, compensation for work-related injuries and travel and relocation benefits.

[NJmaverick]

1. Since when did civil rights become a dollars and cents issue?

[underpants]

2. and the cost of war is off limits from discussion

there is no excuse for them

[Jamastiene]

3. But, there is ALWAYS enough money for bombs. n/t